Transforming Our New House into Our Dream Home

New Home Progress: Curtains

If you’ve been following along with me on social media, you may have seen the story of our current home. We went through much heartache on the road to our new home. I am coming to a place of peace and excitement now, and looking forward to making our new house feel more like home.

Doors Opening to a New Dream

Though it felt like a painful sting, when the doors were closing on our current home, and our dream in many ways — our new home is breathing life back into us. Our creativity is on fire, and I feel such peace and contentment knowing what is going to come to life in our new home.

Chris and I are both dreamers, and we have such a vision for all of the potential that this new home holds. When I close my eyes, I can almost feel like I’m standing in our completed house! Though we are eager to get everything completed, I truly don’t want to rush the process. These things take time, and we want to be sure that we have everything done the right way, as this will be our family home for years and years to come.

The Vision for Our Home

We’ve begun taking small steps to make our house into a home. First, we took down the long curtains in our living room — I love this wall of windows, and feel like they shine all the more now that the curtains are down. Chris and I are no strangers to diy home renovations for old houses and diy home renovations on a budget as we’ve experienced both of these types of renovations along the way. Some of you may have been following along with us all the way back to our series from our house that was two homes ago. We are not afraid to roll up our sleeves and get to work!

Chris is truly gifted at building and making things happen! Because of our timeline, and the scope of our work, we are really grateful to be hiring people to help us with this renovation. Chris plans to be there each step of the way, and I am sketching and dreaming up what we hope to do with each room. I can hardly contain my excitement, gratitude, and joy for this home. Seeing our kiddos faces light up each time that we visit, makes my heart feel at peace.

Where We are in the Process

Be sure to follow along with us on social media, as I am adding diy home renovation videos as often as I can. There’s something really gratifying about seeing not just the before and after, but the middle as well! The behind the scenes is what I love watching unfold during any home makeover or renovation, so I will be sure to share as much of the process as I can.

I shared a video of something small, but also MAJOR last week. We took these super long window treatments down from our living room. It made SUCH a huge difference! Those two story windows stole my heart, and let the most dreamy light into our home. Next on our list, is going to be smoothing down the walls, adding new trim and fresh paint.

Making our new house into our home, will take time, and I want to make each detail feel like us. I’m excited to share each phase of our renovation here!

 I love this wall of windows, and feel like they shine all the more now that the curtains are down! Look at this light!  Next on our list, is going to be smoothing down the walls, adding new trim and fresh paint. Often my excitement makes me want to get everything done at once, but I am really wanting to enjoy this process!

Making our new house into our home, will take time, and I want to make each detail feel like us.

Check out the Curtains Falling down in my video here!